Single-player games like Irradiant Skies
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Irradiant Skies, ranked by player overlap. Every pick carries Steam's Single-player category, so multiplayer-only titles or always-online games don't sneak in. imho.run pulls the category data from Steam directly — Single-player here matches what the store labels.
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Ranked picks
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Whiskers In The Sand
Single-player alternative to Irradiant Skies — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Irradiant Skies.
Whiskers In The Sand is a fast-paced survivors-like arena roguelite where battle-ready cats shred through hordes of undead desert monsters. Unlock new cats, collect relics, stack upgrades, and forge ridiculous builds to survive the pharaoh's second reign.
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Compadrone: Land Wars
Single-player alternative to Irradiant Skies — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Irradiant Skies.
In this fast-paced roguelite arena shooter with tower-defense twists, control a drone capable of wielding multiple weapons and fight hordes of alien warbots. Collect resources and XP to unlock new weapons, towers, abilities, and drones.
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Micron Survivor
Single-player alternative to Irradiant Skies — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Casual with Irradiant Skies.
Micron Survivor is a survival game with rogue-lite elements where you play as alien microorganisms under the microscope. Evolve, unlock research objectives, find symbiotic weapons, upgrade your builds, and fight hordes of terrestrial organisms to rule the microcosm.
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Hop & Pop!
Single-player alternative to Irradiant Skies — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Irradiant Skies.
Relax, Hop & Pop! and battle bugs in this froggy survivor game!
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Hover Point
Single-player alternative to Irradiant Skies — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Irradiant Skies.
Hover Point is a physics-based rogue-lite bullet hell where movement is your weapon. Dodge chaotic swarms with auto-fire action, build your skill tree, and climb global leaderboards. Master the chaos solo or in co-op via mouse-only, keyboard-only, or controller-only playstyles.
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shatAAAAp!
Single-player alternative to Irradiant Skies — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Irradiant Skies.
Exponentially bigger waves of cute animals require increasingly absurd means of destruction. Shoot, burn, electrocute, explode... and make sure no one ever helps you.
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Gunlocked 2
Single-player alternative to Irradiant Skies — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Irradiant Skies.
Movement is your weapon. A sci-fi action roguelike and shmup combined, in Gunlocked 2 you'll pilot and upgrade a state-of-the-art warship against endless waves of deadly aliens. Deep customization, branching paths, and tons of unlockables offer endless replayability!
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Void Strike
Single-player alternative to Irradiant Skies — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Irradiant Skies.
Shred endless waves of hostile spaceships in a 1-bit arcade survival roguelite. Build absurd weapon combos, unlock pilots, upgrade your fighter, and survive escalating dogfights against swarms, elite enemies, and colossal bosses.